In the Beginning...

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ISBN: 9780802841063 | 0802841066
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/1995

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While the stories of the vcreation of the world and of the fall of humankind have often given rise to conflict - fundamentalists twist the Bible into science and history while rationalists approach this issue by "divorcing God from creation" - Cardinal Ratzinger presents the Catholic middle ground between extremist positions in explaining the vitality of these early Old Testament writings.

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Preface
God the Creator	p. 1
The Difference Between Form and Content in the Creation Narrative
The Unity of the Bible as a Criterion for Its Interpretation
Christology as a Criterion
The Meaning of the Biblical Creation Accounts	p. 19
The Reasonableness of Faith in Creation
The Enduring Significance of the Symbolic Elements in the Text
The Creation of the Human Being	p. 41
The Human Being - Taken from the Earth
Image of God
Creation and Evolution
Sin and Salvation	p. 59
On the Subject of Sin
Limitations and Freedom of the Human Being
Original Sin
The Response of the New Testament
Appendix: The Consequences of Faith in Creation	p. 79
The Suppression of Faith in Creation in Modern Thought
The Consequences of Creation in Present-Day Thought: Three Forms of Concealment
Faith in Creation as a Basic
Decision about Human Beings
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In the Beginning...

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